Now Nothing by Bruce Johnson
August 9, 2022
I wanted to say, wanted to insist, that I was a good man. I was three drinks drunk on a…
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True Stories by Mary Morris
August 9, 2022
Of all the stories my father used to tell before he left us, my favorite was the one about the…
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Sources Familiar With The Matter by C.D. Lewis
August 9, 2022
“Where did I find you?” Simon asks me in the midday weekend light, as we lie still inhaling and exhaling…
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Suzie by Gail Wallace Bozzano
August 9, 2022
Through the living room window, Marilyn watches her two-year-old pedal her tricycle down the sidewalk, past the front yard. Suzie’s…
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Excerpt: Giano Cromley’s THE PRINCE OF INFINITE SPACE
July 29, 2022
By Giano Cromley I open my eyes and experience a lovely moment of short-term amnesia. A second later, I’m struck…
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One Question: Giano Cromley
July 29, 2022
Hypertext Magazine asked Giano Cromley, author of The Prince of Infinite Space, “Is this a YA novel?” By Giano Cromley…
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Excerpt: Aimee Parkison’s SUBURBAN DEATH PROJECT
July 23, 2022
By Aimee Parkison The Mushroom Suit When my young husband died unexpectedly, I wanted to find the perfect coffin for…
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One Question: Aimee Parkison
July 23, 2022
Hypertext Magazine asked Aimee Parkison, author of Suburban Death Project, “Why did you decide to title your story collection Suburban…
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Excerpt: Jackson Bliss’ DREAM POP ORIGAMI
July 8, 2022
By Jackson Bliss When Home is Not a Verb Chart 1. In 2007, I went back to Traverse City to…
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One Question: Jackson Bliss
July 8, 2022
Hypertext Magazine asked Jackson Bliss, author of Dream Pop Origami, “How did you come up with the idea for Dream…
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Birds of Honolulu by Jaimee Wriston Colbert
July 5, 2022
It was a bright day, unusually warm for Nuuanu. We were perched on a rock over the stream smoking a…
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Dislocation and Sherbet Glow: An Interview With Alex Poppe
June 16, 2022
By Jael Montellano The sound crackled down my grandparents’ skylit stairway to me, then a child listening to cascañuelas chirping…
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Excerpt: Angelique Pesce’s AMERICAN PASTIME
June 10, 2022
By Angelique Pesce Adam stops in front of Yankee Stadium– a towering circular ancient dinosaur, erected to celebrate baseball, America’s…
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One Question: Angelique Pesce
June 10, 2022
Hypertext Magazine asked Angelique Pesce, author of American Pastime, “What made you want to write American Pastime?” By Angelique Pesce…
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Excerpt: William Grant’s WITH YOUR FRIENDS
May 27, 2022
By William Grant Ryan ran his fingertips across the wall, tracing the letters and words. He sat on the floor…
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One Question: William Grant
May 27, 2022
Hypertext Magazine asked William Grant, author of with your friends, “One of the things at the core of your novel…
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Excerpt: Umar Turaki’s SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING TO BEHOLD
May 13, 2022
By Umar Turaki DUNKA The Grey-ridden neighbor, Nana Ritdirnen, licked her lips and parted them to continue speaking. Dunka sat…
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One Question: Umar Turaki
May 13, 2022
Hypertext Magazine asked Umar Turaki, author of Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold, “Language seems to be an important element…
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Cephalopod Channeling: An Interview With Shelby Van Pelt
May 12, 2022
By Jael Montellano My former partner and I used to share a joke that, internally, I was a sixty-seven year…
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One Question: Vincent Francone
April 22, 2022
Hypertext Magazine asked Vincent Francone, editor of Open Heart Chicago: An Anthology of Chicago Writing, “When editing the anthology Open Heart…
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Excerpt: Deborah S. Greenhut’s THE HOARDER’S WIFE
April 22, 2022
By Deborah S. Greenhut September 4, 1998, Dr. Friedman’s office “And your relationship with Luddy—how’s that going?” Dr. Friedman and…
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One Question: Deborah S. Greenhut
April 22, 2022
Hypertext Magazine asked Deborah S. Greenhut, author of The Hoarder’s Wife, “Why did you write about the hoarder’s wife instead…
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My Word Would Have Been Conviction: An Interview with Ana Castillo
March 28, 2022
By Christine Maul Rice • ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN CHICAGO LITERARY HALL OF FAME FULLER AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT PRINTED PROGRAM…
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One Question: Erica Plouffe Lazure
March 23, 2022
Hypertext Magazine asked Erica Plouffe Lazure, author of Proof of Me & Other Stories, “Your debut collection tells a series…
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Excerpt: Erica Plouffe Lazure’s PROOF OF ME AND OTHER STORIES
March 23, 2022
From “Selvage” (originally published in the Greensboro Review, Spring 2010) By Erica Plouffe Lazure The back windshield of the ancient…
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Legendair XL2 by Ellen Dillon
March 14, 2022
We must compensate for loss of airway
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Little Face by Haolun Xu
March 10, 2022
(from Dostoevsky’s Rogózhin to Prince Myshkin) The springmakes me so nervous to be lonely. We, who are so settled into…
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The Good News by Summer J. Hart
March 7, 2022
The summers the boy was five & six& a masterful yard sale negotiator, he amassed a collection of porcelain dollsthat…
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To Believe in Humanity: An Interview With Michael Landweber
March 4, 2022
By Jael Montellano If your life has been touched by violence, you know it is insidious like a weed—it winds…
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Poetry by Amish Trivedi
March 3, 2022
Landscape There is no unburdening, no resurrectionin the objects light bends around. Across the openground, I’m running and dying in…
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